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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
Horace Gap.--Jefferson Co.

Jack Frost has been here and left
his foot prints ON the tender varieties
of vegetation. Two days of rainy
weather.
We doff what is left of our summer
hat to wv" Wegave her friendly
bow as she passed the Gridiron
Academy"
Miss Annie Chapman came up from
Vanclevesville on the II, and tarried
two or three days at home. She was
accompanied by Miss Lucy Merchent,
who proves to be very agreeably lady.
Mr.. John Chapman spent Sunday
at the "Gap," and Sunday evening
elsewhere.
Rev. Mr.. Robertson, of Martins
burg, preached at Mt. Zion last Sun
day afternoon, from the text: "Pre-
pare to meet thy Cod" 1t was an
interesting sermon.
Last Wednesday Messrs. John Kear-
fott, J. Baker Kearfott and Luther
Vanmetre surveyed off three-fourths
of an acre from the " Woodbury."
farm for school-house lot. The con-
sideration paid was sixty dollars, 1t
will make splendid location for the
purpose intended. On Monday the
foundation was staked out.
Cecil Baker has returned to Rich
mond College for another year, and
Miss Bessie Baker is pupil of Miss
Wiltshire's school in your city.
Mrs. James Willis, of Darkesville,
is visiting relatives at the Gap,'
and Miss Nettie Wagely is spending
this week in Martinsburg.
Miss Kate Wageley has returned
from a protracted visit to Darkesville.
Mr.. William Barney, of Ganotown,
dropped in to see us last week, and
I" tarried for night" He was not
looking as well as usual.
John Wageley was kept as busy last
week nursing sore foot, and varied
the monotony of the business by let.
ting stick of wood fall on the tender
place, but he is getting all right.
Mrs. III. G. Evans and three children
recently spent few days at Ganotown
taking in the Sunday School picnic
at Mt. Carmel on the 18th inst. They
returned home last week.
Master Press" Bryarly, of Darkes.
vile has been spending a few days at
the Gap" and has been doing some
fishing, and little rabbit hunting.
Sept. 80, 1887. TEMPLAR.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
JONES SPRING.

We are having plenty of rain.
The farmers have commenced to
seed.
We have had couple of heavy
frosts.
Mr.. I. w. Wood is in our neighbor-
hood on a hunting expedition he is
stopping at Mr.. James B. Shippers.
Mr.. J. E. KEGS, one of the proprie-
tors of the Martinsburg Creamery,
paid US flying visit on Thursday last.
Mr.. Moses Albright, who has been
sojourning in Ohio for the past month,
is expected home in the near future.
Hon. M. S. Grantham and wife are
still slowly improving. Miss Katie
Mason, who lives with Mrs. g., has
also taken her bed, which makes three
in one house.
Mrs. Phil. KEGS is also reported very
ill.
Mrs. Mary Kitchen, widow of the
late Henry Kitchen, is also complain
ing, but is not serious at the last re.
port.
Mrs. Debby Haddix, who has been
very i'll for the past four orfive months,
is reported considerably better.
We reported last week that the dedi.
cation of the Good Templars would
take place on the 9Th of Oct, but we
wish to recall that and will not sci
any definite time at present.
Sept. 9th. JIMMY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

The killing of Lee Renfro in New
Mexico on the Sth of this month, for
the unprovoked murder last Novem.
Der of Ellinger, a Baltimorean, re-
calls one of the accomplishments of
the Clantons, at whose house Filing
er was shot down. The Clantons
were the most successful ballot box
suffers in Arizona, and in the cam
paign of 1880 returned from the San
Siman district 104 ballots, of which
103 were Democratic. The other
vote was polled By the United
States inspector, who was escorted
to the window with pistol at each
ear. The best paying offices in Ari-
IONA hinged on the result. 1t is
some consolation to know that the
Clantons did not long survive the
-atrocious murder of Ellinger, but
met with fate very similar to Rem
fro, who fired the shot. They fur.
nished the brains for the rougher
class of cowboys who terrorized over
the people and painted the towns
red.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
State VS.. Calvin Heberling, Greenberry
Bishop, David Tall and John Joy, Nolle

State VS.. Calvin Heberling, Greenberry
Bishop, David Tall and John Joy, Nolle
entered.
Nora III. Abel VS.. John N. Abel. Mo.
ton dismissed without prejudice.
c. III. Shaffer & Son VS.. George Rubel.
Continued at cost of plaintiff.
G. M. Shaffer & Son VS.. E. R. Henson.
Continued by agreement.
R. B. Clark vs.. John w. Walker. Eff
fects and payment filed to declaration and
case continued at plaintiff cost.
Brown Davis VS.. w. S. Grant and Jas.
Smith. Decree against defendants for
costs.
John Parkinson VS.. w. D. Slonaker.
Continued at cost of plaintiff, and execu-
ton for costs of continuance issued.
John j. Stephens VS.. Armstead Arem,
&c. Continued at cost of plaintiff.
Eli Payne VS.. ]. w. McGinnis, Con-
tinued at cost of defendant, and execu-
ton issued for costs.
John j. Watson, Assignee, VS.. John T.
Paulding. Continued at cost of plaintiff,
and execution for costs issued.
w. w. Crump VS.. Levi Line. Dismiss
ed at cost of plaintiff.
w. II. Karicofe VS.. P. A. Rohrbaugh,
ct al. Demurrer to declaration overruled.
CHANCERY.
Geo. A. Cristman, Admir-. VS.. Eliza J..
Vanmeter, ct al. Special Com'r report
filed and sale to Jas NJ. Vanmeter con-
firmed.
G. A. Hamill VS.. Lille A. Hamill. De-
gree for divorce. A vinculo matrimonii.
James D. Dillon, &c., VS.. Elizabeth
Dillon. &c. Referred to Com'r 70 report
distributing of money now in hands of
JAS. d. Dillon, Special Commissioner of
sale.
VIM. +. Geyer vs.. Daniel Miller, ct al.
Report of Special Commissioner filed and
decree of distribution.
Geo. NJ. Bowers VS.. II. Virginia Bow.
ers. Decree to execute deed to Board of
Education of Middleway District, Jeffer-
son County.
Denlinger Brothers, ct al, VS.. David
A. Walker, ct al. Commissioner g report
confirmed and decree for sale of property.
Leonard Crow, ct al, VS.. Thomas D.
Mallany, Admir-. Answer of American
Bible Society, OF N. Y, filed.
Susan cunningham VS.. Ida Cunning
ham, ct al. Decree directing the Special
Commissioner to pay over funds in his
hands to Susan G. Cunningham or her
attorney. =
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

The City Council of Covington,
KY, is realizing the folly of neglect
ing duty because it happens to be
in the interest of the public. Some
years ago the Ohio river flooded a
street, and the citizens brought suit
to have it properly repaired. The
court recently ordered it to be done,
and because af a failure to obey the
order, sixteen of the nineteen men,
bers have been committed for con.
tempt. They escaped at the Jail
door by supersedeas, but this will
merely postpone their Imprisonment,
and they will have to repair the
street as well. It is not always safe
for officials to neglect their duties.
Responsibility, though wisely diffus-
ed, can be concentrated through the
machinery of the courts. This mat
ter of municipal responsibility has
been often disregarded in w. Va,
especially in the counties, where
persons have become in many In
stances habituated to bad roads and
the resulting evils. The action of
the Ohio court is timely warning
70 some of the county boards of COM
missioners.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
THE BRIDES DILEMMA.
CLARA BELL TELLS How A NEW
YORK BELLE WAS WORRIED
On HER WEDDING DAY.

1t is reserved for a bride lately to
suffer complication of accidents,
andssget married after all, in the little
Church Around the Corner, in New
York. The young lady left the
house and got ten blocks away when
she discovered that she had not put
on her bridal veil. This was no fool
of a veil either. 1t was not the re-
gular square Of blonde lace. but a
lovely Brussel net, richly wrought
by the nuns in the Convent of the
Sacre Occur, in Montreal. Back
went the blide for this gorgeous por.
ton of her raiment. 1t was thrown
over her in the carriage, and the
wedding procession again started.
This time breath of air produced
an inclination to sneeze. The poor
bride repressed it, but it escaped at
last, and, oh, horror on horrors
head Her white satin waist split
from belt to shoulder. Here occur.
red halt. This time at little shop,
where thread and needle were OBJ.
tanned, and the gaping space with
dificulty was covered. esq
Atlast, much TOO late, that unfortu.
nate woman reached the church. In
stepping nervously from the. CARR.
age, the lace bottom of an under
petticoat caught on the step, and
she felt the fastening give away.
Every step up the isle she could feel
that cruel skirt slip, slip, till she
feared she should have to step out
of it at the very altar. She took a
grip On the side, and on she went.
During the entire service she chung
to it like grim death. She let go for
a moment to get her glove off for
the ring, and when she resumed her
hold she felt that it had gained on
her. She might have been married
with the catechism for all she knew.
She had these thoughts: "Will that
petticoat be dropped in the aisle. or
will I shed it on the sidewalk before
the mob as / climb into the carriage!
Is it the lawn skirt, with three ruf.
fles of valenciennes, or is it that lit.
tie blue embroidered cashmere Ma
made me wear so / would't take
cold?" The perspiration started on
her pallid brow as she hurriedly
made the responses. and, half faint.
ing, made her way down the aisle.
"Don't lose your presence of
mind, DEAR" whispered the young
husband.
"It's my pitticoat I'm losing" re-
turned the young lady, pettishly.
When once in the carriage the
sentimental bridegroom pressed her
hand and said: "At last the prize
is mine."
She said the same thing as she
kicked the dreadful petticoat under
the carriage seat. 1t was the wool
en- one.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
TOM AHAWK.

Jack Frost has made his appear.
ance.
Seeding is the order of the day.
The corn crop of this section will be
very light.
A singing school has been organic.
ed at this place. under the tutorship
of Prof. s. r. White. .s
Mr.. w. T. Siler has erected an adj
ditional wing to his house, which
adds greatly to its appearance.
Mr.. Geo. Mcdaniel is lying very ill
at the residence of his father.
Miss Mollie Goodman died on
Monday night. after an illness of
typhoid fever. Interment in the Stone
Church cemetery.
Boys, be careful the next time and
get ladies nearer your height. One OF
the ladies of Saturday night is suffer
ing from pain in her neck, caused by
looking up SO high to see which one
of the boys was with her.
Mr.. r. w. Hlett and bride have re-
turned from Winchester, after an alb
sence of about a week, and settled
down at the residence of Mr.. w. II.
Siler. May, this connubial relation
be long and happy one.
III tt. asfatissi rG- - STRANGER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
SAME WAY EVERYWHERE.

A FEW HARD QUESTIONS
Thinking of the past, looking at the
gloomy present, and seriously medi,
tating as to the future, we are moved
TO ask the following questions, but
not with the expectation ofreceiving
satisfactory answers: 5.
When was there ever time under
II Republican administration when
business was as dull as now in and
about Fairmont?
When under a Republican admin
lstration was there ever such a scar
city of money in Failmont and
throughout Marion county as there
is now?
When under Republican admin
lstration did coal miners get as little
for digging coal as they do nowg
When was there time under a
Republican administration when Ia
boring men generally received so
little for their work as they do now?
When was there time under a
Republican administration when
there was such discomfort among
all classes as. there is now on account
of low wages and the stringency in
money matters? tt
When was there ever time under
a Republican administration when
farmers were obliged to sell their
cattle for as low price as they are
now receiving-namely, 2, % and 81
cts. per pound--the latter being the
highest price that can be gotten
for the best steers?
When was there time under a
Republican administration when our
cattle brought as low price in the
Eastern markets as they do now,
they being 81 lower on the 100
pounds this fall than they have ever
been at any time since the wars
1t is unnecessary to inquire fur.
ther, but we will add that such times
as these have been known before by
those who lived under Democratic
rule prior to the late war.
We will now ask one easy ques,.
ton:
Havn't the people had enough Of
Cleveland and Reform? Era
Surely, everybody thinks so, but
OF course all will not say so.--TdiY.
mont West Virgiaian.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
WHAT To Get UP?

The great celebrations, big re-un.
ions ane prominent assemblies,
transpiring in different towns and
cities throughout The country, should
impress upon us the value and i'm
portance. of such gatherings 10 the
name and business of a place. It's
an advertisement that goes all over
the country. It. takes money to adj
vertise. It takes money to get up
a creditable celebration and draw a
crowd. Some towns, with little
push and less public spirit seldom
think Of the advantages of having a
"big time" Martinsburg's Fourth
Of July Celebration opened the eyes
Of our people to the fact that we can
get up something successfully. Now
apply it to some manufacturing en-.
terprise, an agricultural fair, an i'm
provement and trades association,
ia Martinsburg BOOM" Ofcourse
there are those who would creep
under the curtains to get in without
paying, or beg free dinner off Of
the public's expense, but experience
plenty and costly has proven thai
their place is OUT OF THE WAY; fol
it's "their way or kicks" "get out
and put nothing in" or KICK" and
clicking" is what kills success every
time. The way to success is TO sue
CEED the secret of success is sue
CESS!
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

Critics, especially those partisans
who can see nothing good in Gener
III BOulanger, are striving to belittle
the march named after him because
the words are frivolus. Yankee
Doodle has lived for more than
century, and yet the words are the
silliest, probably, that ever were got
ten together in song. Yankee
Doodle coming to town on pony,
with a feather in his hat, and not
being able to see the town for the
houses, is, if regarded seriously, the
very acme Of absurdity. But the
tune, and not the words, has been
indelibly fixed in the popular mind,
aud it will remain there as long as
patriotism is controlling virtue in
American life. Boulanger's march
was evoked by an event in French
history, and as long as the minds of
Frenchmen are concentrated on this
event. the march will be popular, no
matter how flippant the words.
Poetry is not necessary element in
a national song, as can be discover
ed by translating the songs of differ
ent nations and observing what
wretched twaddle some of them
make.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

RICHMOND, VA, September 81
w. A. Brady, chief of the Pamun'
key tribe of Indians, visited Cover.
nor Lee today. He brought with
him a basket filed with sora and
wild ducks, which he presented to
the Governor. 1t has been the Gus.
tom of this tribe, ever since Patrick
Henry was governor of Virginia. to
send by their chief to the governor,
once a year, a basket of game as a
tribute of affection and regard.
Chief Brady told the Governor that
the Indians tried to kill a deer for
the Governor, but could not get a
good shot at one. The PamuDkey
tribe are the descendants of the Pa.
munkey Indians Captain John
Smith found here at the settlement
of jamestown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
g Foreigners have such a one,

Foreigners have such a queer
idea of America before they come
over here" Said DR.. Ravogli, the
Italian Consul, this morning. 81
shall never forget when / first came
over. / had some $4,000 francs, OF
$4,000, and / carried it in a belt
around my waist. was afraid Of
all the banks, for I had heard that
they were all robbers. Then the
purchases / had made in Europe
why, we brought over five trunks
full of clothes, and bought shirts in
Europe for $3.50 apiece that could
be purchased IN America for a dol
lar We did not stop to think that
the cotton came from America and
of course, the European shop keep
ers said that everything was very
dear in the New World"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
NO Two Hats Alfka

There is popularity about ladies head
dressing which few men have discovered,
notwithstanding their complaints with
reference to high hats at the opera and
their unjust and unwarranted assertions
that their wives must have new bonnets
to match those Of the ladies in their set.
That popularity is that no two hats worn
by lovely women are alike. You may go
to any public gathering. or watch the
passing throng all day, and you will not
be rewarded by seeing two hats that re-
semble each other, with a thousand to
pick from. Is it intentional? presume
1t is, upon the part Of the milliner. 1t is
only recently that I made this discovery.
and 1 have yet to find the pair of bonnets
or hats to match. There are hundreds of
hats of like shape, to be sure, but the deft
fingers of the miliner transform the orig
inal into an indescribable confusion of
effect, which cannot be initiated or du-
plicated, to please the purchaser. -Globe-
Democrat,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
BORROWED TROUBLES.

Little Miss Midget
Is all of q fidget
Tier cares as mother are really trying,
Enough to make her despair):
"Oh haze you seen Polly?
My best little dolly;
am so careful of her, butt feel like
crying
I've left her-I don't know where"
'sWhat did she wear?
Her own ringlety hair,
One little red shoe, her yes, her gold
locket,
And-oh! her beautiful smi-el ~
. Don t cry, little Midget,
IT'S foolish to fidget,
For there, in plain view, sticking out Of
your pocket,
Were Polly's poor legs all the while
Mary c. Bel, IN Oct. WIDE AWAKE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

The conviction of Editor O'Brien
is no surprise. The trap was set to
catch such as he, and the game is
not at all shy. Where is all this TO
end? The justice of heaven will
come in somewhere, and then retri-
button will begin.
With less provocation Great Brit.
ain has interfered in the domestic
affairs of weak and brutal powers,
and in the name of Christianity has
commanded a halt. Christian Ire
land, evicted, lies starving in the
ditch. Has Christendom no voice
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
DON'T EXPERIMENT.

You cannot afford to waste time in ex-
perimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only a cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, but be sure you get the genuine.
Because he can make more profit he may
tell you he has something just as good,
or just the same. Don't be deceived,
but insist upon getting DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which is guaranteed to give
relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest
affections. Trial bottles free at E. C
Williams, Jr., & Bro. Is Drug Store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
Saved His Life.

Mr.. D. 1. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, says he was, for many years, badly
afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes
the pains were almost uncomfortable and
would sometimes almost throw him into
commissions. He tried Electric. Bitters
and got relief from first bottle, and after
taking six bottles, was entirely cured
and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds.
Says he. positively believes he would
have died, had it not been for the relief
afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at so
cents bottle by E. G. Williams, Jr., &
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

All circus men are hogs. Sells
brothers are circus men. Therefore
Sells brothers are hogs. Fred Gold
smith, one of their employees, fell
from train near Parkersburg, and
was fatally injured. After he was
taken to Parkersburg, the Sells per-
mitted him to die without rendering
him any aid, financial or otherwise.
Their despicable conduct should be
published over the entire country
Ritchie Gazette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

Liberty generally means life, but
Bartholdi's statue is "a means of
death. The light of the torch at.
tracts birds, and they are scorched
and killed by the flames. Saturday
morning 1876 dead birds were found
around the pedestal. The goddess
Is as bad as an army of girls who
decorate their hats with wings. q,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
In one of the Western States the

In one Of the Western States there
Is d man who "goes through the
country gathering cream, and when
he has secured the proper quantity
returns home. On the way home he
connects the churning gear, and as
he drives along the churning goes
on as the wagon goes along, and
when he arrives there is nothing to
do but take out the butter and draw
off the buCtermilk." Genius like
that would make a fortune in an
oleOmargarine factory.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
Flooding Land in Algeria.

The project of flooding q portion Of
Algeria from the sea has been abandoned,
but'it seems that large tracts may be
covered with water from other sources.
DE Lesseps reports to the French academy
that single artesian well bored in 1885
Is yielding some 2.000 gallons minute,
and has formed a considerable lake thirty
feet deep. retaining from 1 200 to 500
acres of waste land. Traveller.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

An unusual scene was witnessed
at the Catholic Church at Weston
last week. Father Tracy was saying
mass, and as there were no boys
present to serve, Little Deer, one of
the warm Spring Indians now exhib
iting there, approached and offered
his services, and in very accurate
manner assisted, pronouncing the
Latin as correctly as a seminary
graduate, without the use of a
hnOk -. = -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
Superiority of Cast Iron Guns.

Experienced gun makers and artillerists
have recently admitted that the steel rifle
has not fulfilled the promises made for it.
The Krupp guns, of which we hear 30
much. have never yet been subjected to
such high presstires as have been applied
to cast iron guns, and experience has
shown it would not be safe to put them
through such tests. Indeed, the cast iron
smooth bore guns which have been con-
verted into rifles by the insertion of
wrought iron rihed cylinders have been
fired under pressure fully three times
as great as it has been thought advisable
to subject steel guns of the same caliber
to.-Scientific American,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

the Yankee yacht won the first
race, Tuesday, handsomely. The
British "Thistle failed to blow
away as rapidly as the /" Volunteer"
America will probably hold the
champion cup another year. All
sing "Yankee DOODLE" please.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01
MIDDLEWAY ITEMS,

Mr.. VIM. r. Emery and Miss An.
ME B. Mifillin We're united in mar.
rage Sept. 14th, 1887, in Shepherds.
town, w. Va.
Mrs. Emma Fagely and Mr.. Ed
ward Crawford, of Jackson, Va, are
visiting in Middleway and vicinity.
Mr.. r. F. Mifillin has been rusticat-
ing in this vicinity.
Mrs. Kearns is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Matilda Emery.
Sept. 80, 1887. UNo.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-01

What if Mrs. Cleveland did snub
Foraker, at Philadelphia Is the
wife Of the President bound to GO
out of her way to show respect to a
blatherskite because he happens to
be Governor Of Ohio.-Poiat Pleas
ant Register.
Let us point the moral and adorn
the tale, theu. Are the old soldiers
" bound to go out of their way to
show respect to o blatherskite be-
cause he happens to be" President
ri the United States State Jour-
9lGI